Police have decided not seek an indictment against former coaches of Nihon University's American football team over accusations that they instructed a player to commit a dangerous tackle on an opponent, investigative sources said Tuesday.
In documents sent to prosecutors the same day, the Tokyo ...

Police are unlikely to build a case against former coaches of Nihon University's football team over their alleged instructions to a player to commit a dangerous tackle, finding no evidence to support the allegations, investigative sources said Tuesday.
Former head coach Masato Uchida, 63, and ...

Police have questioned two former coaches of Nihon University's American football team on a voluntary basis after one of its players who injured an opponent with a dangerous tackle said he was ordered by the two to do so, investigative sources said on Friday.
Former ...

The Kantoh Collegiate Football Association in May ruled that former Nihon University head coach Masato Uchida and ex-assistant coach Tsutomu Inoue did not tell the truth about the illegal tackle incident when it decided to hand them lifetime bans from the Kantoh Collegiate ...

The opportunity for the Nihon University Phoenix to have a chance to defend their national collegiate championship has been denied.
On Tuesday night, the Kantoh Collegiate Football Association announced it refused to lift the season-long ban it handed to the Phoenix in May after an ...

The defending national champion Nihon University Phoenix now have only three weeks to possibly get their ban lifted in order to participate in the 2018 season, which starts Aug. 31 at Amino Vital Field in Tokyo.
The Kantoh Collegiate Football Association on Tuesday announced ...

Nihon University coaches ordered one of its players to make an illegal tackle during an exhibition game against Kwansei Gakuin University on May 6 in Tokyo, according to the Kanto Collegiate Football Association.
The KCFA announced its ruling on the matter during a Tuesday news ...

Police have questioned officials of Nihon University on a voluntary basis over a dangerous late tackle by one of its American football players during an intercollegiate game earlier this month, investigative sources said Tuesday.
The questioning was conducted by the Metropolitan Police Department on Monday. ...

It's an ongoing saga of conflicting narratives.
In Wednesday night's news conference, Masato Uchida, the former Nihon University head coach, and his assistant coach Tsutomu Inoue made it apparent that their opinions of the football scandal they are embroiled in are far different than Taisuke ...

Former Nihon University football head coach Masato Uchida denied on Wednesday ordering a controversial and dangerous illegal tackle that left an opposing player in the hospital.
At a hastily called press conference along with assistant coach Tsutomu Inoue, Uchida said Taisuke Miyagawa's illegal hit on ...